1840 – Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89
1927 – Karl Prohaska, Austrian composer, dies at 57
1939 – Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903)
1948 – Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme and Alençon, dies at 77
1957 – Christopher Morley, American author (Kitty Foil), dies at 66
1992 – Wendell Mayes, writer, dies of cancer at 72
1996 – Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, British bibliophile, dies at 87
2015 – Douglas Leedy, American electronic and classical music composer (Entropical Paradise; Chorale For Harpsichord in Just Tuning), dies at 77
2017 – Janine Sutto, French Canadian actress and comedian (Guide de la petite vengeance), dies of natural causes at 95
2020 – Azam Khan, Pakistani squash player (British Open 1959-62), dies from COVID-19 at 95